According to AUMA and the RMA, municipal governments in Alberta are owed a grand total of $245 million in unpaid property taxes.
Northern Sunrise County is one jurisdiction that relies heavily on the oil and gas industry as over 90 percent of its taxation base is just that.
NDP Municipal Affairs Critic, Joe Ceci, joins the Hot Seat to discuss how it came to this situation.
Ceci also served as Finance Minister under the previous government and explains the process of budget preparation as the province gets ready to roll out its financial blueprint on Thursday.
Our full discussion with the Calgary-Buffalo MLA is below.
– Kenny Trenton, Trending 55 Newsroom
